Good luck with all that planning Katie!!

We will have to discuss our woes together! Perhaps over a cocktail!!

You bring the Kahlua (sp) and I'll bring the Chocolatini mix!
You know...we (I) came up with this grand idea to try to plan an extended family trip for late next summer (mid-late August) for my parents 50th anniversary. THAT is going to be a true headache to plan too! My brother (3 yrs younger than me) FINALLY got a "real" job for the first time
ever this summer at 40something!!

He has always worked on a rig in the oil & gas fields (very hard / inconsistent work) and he got hurt a couple of years ago & has been existing on Workers Comp. Well, he had been trying to get a release to go back to work for this rig inspector job with the State. Finally. He got it in June. So he is working now on a regular basis and has benefits for once etc. He is still dirt poor, but in the end will be better off - eventually if he works year round. Of course my parents are retired - so the whole trip will be a stretch for all of us to afford....plus we asked Daryl's Mom & step bro to go (his bro. Dale is now going back to Iraq in January so won't be able to go)...and I don't know about any nephews going yet....but what WE have offered to do is to use our DVC points to cover the accomodations for everyone - but they're on their own to GET there & everything else. I mean, we figured the place to stay was a lot, right. That's why we went last Jan. & this July on DVC cash nights VS using our points - we're trying to save them for next summer. But so the TRICK of it all will be to get everyone to decide on a DATE that agrees with everyone and the PLACE of course.
I am afraid none of them will be able to afford WDW tickets. So I was thinking Vero Beach would be cheaper....but I don't know if we can get in there not owning... My parents anniv. is actually 9/5 but our school starts the last week of Aug. so we have to go before that....but so I don't know.

And Josh (the step bro) graduates HS next yr so I don't know if he'll be going off to college...I don't know. I am going to have to get after all of them soon tho to seriously start thinking about what we want to do by like January so we can be ready to book it at 7 months. This is going to take a stick of dynamite under someones tush. I will probably have to just TELL everyone this is when and this is where and ask "who's in"?!
